Please wait...checking for disk quotas [H[2J" The Government of Canada expressly disclaims any warranties or representations with respect to the Environment Canada Electronic Weather Bulletin Board Service, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for the purpose of accessing meteorological, climatological or other data. In no event will the Government of Canada have any obligation arising from contract or tort, or for loss of revenue or profit, or for indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this information." If you observe SEVERE weather, or have technical problems with one of our services, such as WeatherBoard, WeatherFax, etc., please call 664-9028. *** NEWS: Samples of GOES-90 satellite images and RAVOS remote photographs are now downloadable from Basic User Menu/New Sample Menu. Welcome to Environment Canada's WeatherBoard Service... If you are not a subscriber yet, enter basic when asked to login. 2 FPCN39 CWLW 291534 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR COASTAL BC AND THE INTERIOR INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:00 AM PST SATURDAY 29 MARCH 1997 FOR TODAY. VENTILATION INDICES (TEMPERATURE) AND MIXING HEIGHTS. MIXING HEIGHTS IN METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AVERAGE WINDS IN KNOTS. SPOT INDICES ARE DETERMINED BY THE ASPECT AND ELEVATION OF THE SITES. COMPARE WINDS, TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATION WITH THE SITES HERE TO DETERMINE THE INDEX IN ANY OTHER AREA. SOUTHERN INTERIOR UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) FRSR CANYN KEL 47 10 800 7 100 14 3200 21 KAMLOOPS KEL 100 11 2750 19 100 15 3350 21 OKANAGAN KEL 100 9 2000 15 100 15 3350 21 CASTLEGAR SPOK 65 6 1000 15 100 13 3500 17 CRANBROOK SPOK 100 5 3950 19 100 10 3950 19 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 5 500 3 100 8 1850 15 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 11 S 26 SW 39 CRANBROOK W 9 W 30 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD CENTRAL INTERIOR/NORTHEAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) WILLIAMS L P.G. 100 5 2550 48 100 9 3950 49 PR. GEORGE P.G. 100 6 1500 36 100 9 2800 43 SMITHERS P.G. 60 4 500 15 100 8 1750 36 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 6 2800 49 100 10 4000 49 FT NLSN F.N. 60 -5 750 19 74 2 900 19 FT STJOHN F.N. 64 4 1000 25 100 7 1950 21 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 37 SW 52 SMITHERS SW 33 SW 52 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 98 9 900 21 100 11 1250 23 FRASER VLY QUIL 97 9 850 21 100 13 3050 27 SRN VRISL QUIL 79 9 750 15 100 12 1350 20 CNTRL VRISL QUIL ## ## ### ## 80 9 750 15 NRN VRISL HRDY 41 7 450 8 86 9 800 17 TERRACE ANT 10 2 200 22 91 4 850 23 STEWART ANT 12 4 100 4 12 4 100 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 35 S 52 S 59 PORT HARDY S 11 S 35 S 54 SANDSPIT SW 35 SW 39 SW 43 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 48:15:54 This session: 00:01:21 --------Total Usage time: 48:17:15 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 02:30:42 ----This account expires: 12/31/97